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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-New Hanover County 449 334 68.6 62.6-74.1 45 7.7 5.6-10.5 70 23.7 18.5-29.9
GENDER
Male 161 110 62.0 52.3-70.8 14 6.1 3.5-10.5 37 31.9 23.3-41.9
Female 288 224 74.9 67.7-80.9 31 9.1 6.2-13.3 33 16.0 10.7-23.3
RACE
White 380 286 70.2 63.7-75.9 41 8.6 6.1-11.9 53 21.2 15.9-27.8
Other 69 48 61.7 45.9-75.3 4 3.5 1.2- 9.9 17 34.8 21.4-51.1
AGE
18-44 149 93 55.2 45.1-64.9 8 4.2 2.0- 8.6 48 40.6 31.0-50.9
45+ 298 239 80.1 74.1-84.9 37 10.8 7.6-15.0 22 9.2 5.5-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 98 57.2 46.4-67.3 16 7.7 4.4-13.0 33 35.1 25.2-46.5
Some College + 301 235 75.3 68.4-81.0 29 7.7 5.2-11.3 37 17.0 11.8-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 149 60.0 51.2-68.2 22 7.7 4.8-12.0 48 32.3 24.3-41.5
$50,000+ 163 130 76.1 66.9-83.4 16 8.6 5.0-14.3 17 15.3 9.0-24.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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